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International Executive Board Committee (IEBC)
 

1.  The International Executive Board Committee (IEBC) shall be the legal representative of the Federation and, as such, shall administer the Federation’s properties and affairs. The IEBC shall be the policy-making body of the Federation. 

 

2.  The IEBC of the Federation shall compose of representatives of regular (country/area) membersand immediate past President of the Federation.

 

3.  Only one representative from each country/area will be qualified for IEBC member.  

 

IEBC Members (2025)

  China

 Guo-Qing He

 

 

 Chen Wei

 

 Professor, Zhejiang University

 (guoqinghe@zju.edu.cn)

 

 Professor, Jiangnan University 

 (weichen@jiangnan.edu.cn)

  India

 G. Balakrish Nair

 

 

 Jyoti Prakash Tamang

 

 Former Director NICET & THSTI

 (gbnair_2000@yahoo.com)

 

 Professor and Dean, School of Life Sciences, Sikkim University

 (jptamang@cus.ac.in)

  Indonesia

 Endang S. Rahayu

 

 

 

 Jimmy Hariantono

 

  Professor, Gadjah Mada University

  President of Indonesian Society for LAB (ISLAB)

  (endangsrahayu@ugm.ac.id)

 

  Yakult Indonesia Persada

  (lamdaur3@yahoo.co.id)

  Iran

 Maryam Tajabadi Ebrahimi

 

 

 

 Seyed Abbas Shojaosadati

 

 Professor, Islamic Azad University

 President of Iranian Society of Probiotic and Functional Food (ISPFF)

 (anjoman.probiotic@gmail.com)

 

 Professor, Tarbiat Modares University

 (shoja_sa@modares.ac.ir)

  Japan

 Jiro Nakayama

 

 

 Haruki Kitazawa 

 

 Professor, Kyushu University

 (nakayama@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp)

 

 Professor, Tohoku University

 (haruki.kitazawa.c7@tohoku.ac.jp)

  Korea

 Sung-Sik Yoon

 

 

 Ha Yull Chung

 

 

 Emeritus Prof., Yonsei University

 (sungsik@yonsei.ac.kr)

 

 Professor, Hankyong National University

 President of KSLABP

 (chy@hknu.ac.kr)

  Malaysia

 Hooi-Ling Foo

 

 

 Kalavathy Ramasamy

 

 

  Professor, Universiti Putra Malaysia

 (hlfoo@upm.edu.my)

 

 Professor, Universiti Teknologi MARA 

 Vice President of the Malaysian Society for Lactic Acid Bacteria

 (kalav922@uitm.edu.my)

  Mongolia

 Shirchin Demberel

 

 

 Selangor

 Professor, Mongolian University of Life Science

 (demberel2002us@yahoo.com)

 

 

 Philippines

 Francisco B. Elegado

 

 

 Joel C. Cornista 

 

 Research Professor, University of Philippines Los Baños

 (fbelegado@up.edu.ph)

 

 University Researcher, University of the Philippines Los Baños

 (jccornista@up.edu.ph)

  Singapore

 Ratha Mahendran

 

 

 Dave Siak-Wei Ow

 

 Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore

 (surrm@nus.edu.sg)

 

 Microbial Cells 1, Bioprocessing Technology Institute (A*STAR)

 (dave_ow@bti.a-star.edu.sg)

  Taiwan

 Ming-Ju Chen

 

 

 Guo-Jane Tsai

 

 

 Professor, National Taiwan University

 (cmj@ntu.edu.tw)

 

 Professor, National Taiwan Ocean University

 President of TALAB

 (b0090@mail.ntou.edu.tw)

  Thailand

 Massalin Nakphaichit

 

 

 Jirawan Apiraksakorn

 

 Assoc. Professor, Kasetsart University

 (fagimln@ku.ac.th

 

 Assoc. Professor, Khon Kaen University

 (jirapi@kku.ac.th

          

 

Observers (2025)

 

  China

 Shao Wei

 Chinese institute of Food Science and Technology

 (wshao9898@126.com)

  India

 Neerja Hajela

 Head, Science Yakult Danone India Pvt. Ltd.

 (neerja.hajela@yakult.co.in)

  Indonesia

 Ingrid Suryanti Surano

 Professor, BINUS University

 (surono@binus.edu)

  Iran

 Parvaneh Jafari

 R&D manager of Tak Gene Zist Co. (Takagene Co., Ltd.)

 (parvaneh.jafari@gmail.com)

  Japan          

 Takane Katayama

 Professor, Kyoto University

 Director of JSLAB

 (katayama.takane.6s@kyoto-u.ac.jp)

  Korea

 Jin-Man Kim

 Professor, Konkuk University

 Former President of KSLABP

 (jinmkim@konkuk.ac.kr)

  Malaysia

 Teck Chwen Loh

  Professor, Universiti Putra Malaysia

  Former Vice-President of the Malaysian Society for Lactic Acid Bacteria

  (tcloh@upm.edu.my)

 Philippines

 Mia Beatriz C. Amoranto

  Asst. Professor, Visayas State University

  (mcamoranto@up.edu.ph)

 Singapore

 Juwita Norasmara Bte Rahmat 

  Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore

  (biejnr@nus.edu.sg)